A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends and Folklore

B.A. Botkin's work, first published in 1960 and reprinted now with a new introduction by Stephen Cushman, drew its folklore material from a "common ground of human experience and human fantasy" that transcended region, humanized the war, and blurred the distinction between truth and imagination.

review of A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends and Folklore, by Botkin, B. A., Civil War Book Review, (Spring 2001).